Sheet metal designer

This workbook is intended to be a natural continuation of the CATIA V5 Workbook and covers a select group of advanced CATIA V5 work benches: Sketcher, Part Design, Assembly Design, Drafting, Generative Stress Analysis, Sheet Metal Designer, Kinematics, Prismatic Machining and Knowledgeware Tools.

Methods of sheet metal processes such as stretching, shearing, blanking, bending, deep drawing, redrawing are introduced. • Variables in sheet forming process will be discussed together with formability and test methods. • Defects occurring during the forming process will be emphasised. The solutions to such defect problems will also be given.

Different aspects of metal forming, consisting of process, tools and design, are presented in this book. The chapters of this book include the state of art and analysis of the processes considering the materials characteristics. The processes of hydroforming, forging and forming of sandwich sheet are discussed. Also, a chapter on topography of tools, and another chapter on machine tools are presented. Design of a programmable metal forming press and methods for predicting forming limits of sheet metal are described....

In today’s practical and cost-conscious world, sheet-metal parts have already replaced
many expensive cast, forged, and machined products.
The reason is obviously the relative cheapness of stamped, or otherwise mass-produced
parts, as well as greater control of their technical and aesthetic parameters. That the world
slowly turned away from heavy, ornate, and complicated shapes, and replaced them with
functional, simple, and logical forms only enhanced this tendency. Remember old bathtubs?
They used to be cast and had ornamental legs.

the complete process...
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CHAPTER 48
SECTIONS AND SHAPESTABULAR DATA
Joseph E. Shigley Professor Emeritus The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
48.1 CENTROIDS AND CENTER OF GRAVITY / 48.1 48.2 SECOND MOMENTS OF AREAS /48.11 48.3 PREFERRED NUMBERS AND SIZES / 48.14 48.4 SIZES AND TOLERANCES OF STEEL SHEETS AND BARS /48.17 48.5 WIRE AND SHEET METAL / 48.37 48.6 STRUCTURAL SHAPES / 48.37 REFERENCES / 48.37
48.1
CENTROIDSANDCENTEROFGRAVITY
When forces are distributed over a line, an area, or a volume, it is often necessary to determine where the resultant force of such a system acts.

Furthermore metals are not renewable, although their reserves may last for several hundred
years. Therefore, in general terms, in order to reduce the environmental impacts of metals, the
most straightforward criteria would be to reduce the amount of metals used in favour of wood
(-based) materials.
Increasing the share of recycled materials in metal also considerably reduces the energy
needed to produce steel and aluminium. For example the energy needed to produce 1kg of
100%-recycled aluminium is approximately 10% of that needed for the production of primary
aluminium.

FIBRO SPC Gas Springs »Speed ControlTM« are designed to reduce or eliminate the sheet metal retainer bounce back which is often caused by the increased return travel speed in high speed presses (link drive presses). SPC Gas Springs feature an integral return travel delay which reduces the speed of the gas spring to 0.4 m/s over the last 30 mm of travel, allowing a soft arrival for the sheet metal retainer.